Golf-club.



No. 819,900. PATENTED MAY 8, 1906.

' C E R. MARTIN.

GOLF CLUB.

AIPPLIOATION FILED APR.19, 1904.

ATTOR Y ran .s'rarns earns r Specification of Letters Patent.

ratented May 8, 1906.

Application filed April 19, 1904. Serial No- 203,849.

Newarkfln the county of Essex and State of have invented certain new andNew Jersey,

useful Improvements in Golf-Clubs; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

. such as will enable others skilled in the art to ,ing drawings,

which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had'to theaccompanyand to numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a partof this specification.

The present invention relates to improvements generally in golf-clubs;and the pres- ;ent invention has for its principal object to provide asimple and easil constructed striking face or plate for a stri 'nimplement for players of golf and other simi or sports or games, suchstriking face or plate having eat resiliency and spring-like action thatthe ball when struck will be sent with greater force than is nowordinarily thecase.

A further object of this invention is to provide, in connection with aplayer's implement for strikinga ball or the like, a ad or cushion of aflexible and preferably a, astic material which is arranged substantialy back of the striking-plate of the implement, the face of said latepreferably being of the same size as the ace of the cushion and capableof moving back into its normal initial position flush 'tiltil the mainface of the striking-head of the c u e Other objects of this inventionwill be clearly evident cm the following detailed description of thesame. Y

With the various objects of my invention in view the same consists inthe novel construction of golf-clubs, as hereinafter set forth; and,furthermore, this invention consists in the general arrangements andcombinations of parts, as well as in the details of the construction ofthe same, all of which will be hereinafter more particularly set forthand then finally embodied in the clauses of the claim. i

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figures 1, and 2 show an edge and face view, res ectively, of astrikinghead or body of a golf-club, the same being provided with oneform of striking face and plate embed 'ng the principles of my presentinvention. lg. 3 is horizontalsection of same, said section being takenon line 3 3 in said Fig.2; and Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectiontaken on line 4 4 in Fig. 1 of the drawin s. Fig. 5 is-a horizontalsection, on an enl arged scale and in detail, the section beingrepresented as taken on line 5 5 in Fig. 3 of the drawings. Fig. 5 is atransverse vertical section of a modification of the invention.

Similar characters of reference are 'employed in the above-describedviews to indicate corresponding parts.

Referrin now to the several figures of the drawin s, 51c referencecharacter 1 indicates the stri 'ng end or head of a golf-club, which maybe of any suitable metal or of wood and may be of any suitable shape andconfiguration, accordin to the style and class of golfclub, and 2 inicates a portion of the handle of the club.

in the construction represented in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, the strikingend or head 1 is made in its striking-face with a depression or recessedportion 3, in which is arranged a pad or cushion 4, referably of a softand flexible material, suc r as rubber or the like. Ar ranged upon thispad or cushion 4 and within the remaining part of said depression orrecessed ortion 3, with the outer face 6 normally ush with the. saidstriking-face of the head or end 1 of the golf-club, is a plate 5,

preferably of metal, said plate having resili-' ent properties and beingcapable of a slight movement toward the cushion 4 when struck and thesaid plate 5 serving as the strikingface of the head or end 1 of thegolf-club for striking a ball and driving the same and the face of saidlate 5 being preferably of the same size as t e face of the cushion andmoving back into its normal initial position flush with the face of thehead of the club immediately after impact with a ball. That the saidstriking face or plate 5 may besuitably held in its operativeposition'npon the pad or cushion 4 and still be capable of slightmovement, due to the resilient nature of the j late when striking aball, the saidplate or face 5 is made of slightly less length than thelongitudinal across the said recess or depression 3 between the parts 7and of the end or head 1 of the club, as indicated in Fig.

2 of the drawings, the said plate or face 5 being made in its marginaledges 12 with countersunk receiving portions 11, which register withcorrespcndingly-placed countersunk-receiving poi 1S 10 in the marginaledges 3 of the said 8, substantially as ICC illustrated, thus providingdepressions or recesses for the heads 14 of screws 13, which are screwedinto the main body of the head or end 1, as clearly illustrated, andthereby secure the said face or plate 5 and the pad or cushion 4 intheir operative positions within the said recess or depression 3. Itwill thus be clearly evident that when a ballis struck with the saidface or plate 5 the sudden impact produces a movement of the plate 5toward the pad or cushion 4, which suddenly becomes compressed and theparts instantaneously resuming their normal initial positions, due tothe vibratory and spring-like action of the parts, the ball will bedriven a greater distance than is ordinarily the case with the usualconstruction of golf-club.

The simplicity of construction and the many advantages obtained of astriking implement for players of golf, when madein the manner of mypresent invention are clearly evident from the foregoing description andfrom an inspection of the accompanying drawings. 1 am aware that changesmay be made in the arran ements and combinations of the parts wit outdeparting from the scope of my present invention. Hence I do not limitmy invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the parts asdescribed and as illustrated in the accompanying drawin s, nor do Iconfine myself to the exact detai s of the construction of the saidparts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A golf-clubcomprising a head or body havin a laterally-extending opening in thefront face of said body, a flexible cushion or pad in saidopening, astriking-plate of substantially the same size of said opening placed insaid opening and arranged over sald cushion or pad, said plate havingits lower marginal edge flush with the lower face of said head or body,and said plate moving inwardly when struck and assuming its normalinitial position flush with the frontface of said head or bodyimmediately after impact with a ball, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

2. A golf-club, com risin a body having an o ening extending atera yacross the entire .ace of said body, a flexible cushion or pad in saidopening, a separable plate of substantially the same size as saidopening placed in said opening and arranged over said cushion or ad, andmeans for securing said plate and said cushion or pad in position,

placed in said openin and arrange above the said cushion and etween themarginal edges of the respective parts which are contiguous to the endportions of said opening, and fastening-screws arranged in the marginaledges-of the said parts and said plate, said screws having their screwends, screwed into said head or body, said plate moving inwardly whenstruck and assuming its normal initial position flush with the face ofthe said body immediately after im act with a ball, substantially as andfor t e purposes set forth.

4. A golf-club comprising a head )or body having an opening extendinglaterally across the entire face of said body, the face of said head orbody aiso having countersunk receiving portions in the marginal edges ofthe respective parts which are conti 'uous to the edge portions of saidopening, a exible cush ion in said opening,a plate of substantially thesame size as said 0 ening placed in said opening and arranged a ove thesaid cushion and between the marginal edges of'saidparts which arecontiguous to the edge portions of said opening, said plate havingcountersunk receiving portions in its marg nal edges registering withthe countersun receiving :portions in the marginal edges of said parts,and

screws provided with heads for fastening said cushion and plate inposition, the heads of said screws being arrangedin the counter sunkreceiving portions, and said screws having their screw ends screwed intothe said head or body, said platemoving inwardly when struck andassuming its normal initial position flush with the face of said bodyimmediately after impact with a ball, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forthabove I have hereuntoset my hand this 16th day of April, 1904:.

cnAsI E. R. MARTIN.

Witnesses:

FREDK. O FRAENTZEL, GEO. D. Rronanns,

